Tree-planter



L. G-AIRAU'D.

TREE PLANTE-R.

No' Model.)

Patented Aug. 21, 1883.

INVBNTOR WITNESSES ATTORNEYS.

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' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

TREE-PLANTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 283,594, dated August21, 1883.

Application filed March '2, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom; it may concern: I

Be it known that I, LOUIS GAIRAUD, of Santa Clara, in the county ofSanta Clara and State of California, have invented a new and useful 5Improvement in Tree-Planters, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification,

- in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts inall the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of my improveanent. Fig. 2 is a plan viewof a part of the same, showing the lower parts of the holdingsprings andtheir keeper. Fig. 3 is a sectional side elevation of a part of thesame, taken through the line a; a, Fig. 2. p

The object of this invention is to facilitate the operation ofplantingtrees, and also to secure accuracy in such planting.

The invention consists in a tree-planter constructedwith three inclinedbars placed in trian gularpositions, secured to each other at theirupper ends, and connected by parallel and brace bars, and provided withhanging springs having their lower ends bent forward and provided withclaws,wherehy a tree can be suspended in exactly the required position.To the upper end of the three inclined bars is attached a table providedwith four sights, whereby the planter can be adjusted from stakes at thesides of the field, as will be hereinafter fully de-' scribed. x

A B G represent three inclined bars of suitable length, the upper endsof which meet at an angle and are secured to each other. The bars A Bare placed in the same vertical plane, and the bar G in a vertical planeat right angles with the plane of the bars A B, as shown in Fig. 1.

To the bars A. B, at a little distance from their rear ends,areatt-ached the ends of two parallel bars, D E,which are placed oneabove the other and at a little distance apart.

To and between the'bars D E, upon the op posite sides of and at equaldistances from their centers, are securedthe ends of twobrace-bars, F G,the other ends of which are secured to the opposite sides of the bar 0at a little distance from its lower end.

H I are two springs, the upper ends of which are attached to the upperends of the bars A B G, and which pass down at the rear side of theupper bar, D, wherethey are kept in place'by a long keeper, P, attachedto the rear edge of .the said bar D, as shown in Fig. 2. At the lowerside of the bar D the springs H I are bent forward, pass between thebars D E, and have claws J formed upon their ends to receive and hold.the stem of the tree to be planted, andwhich is placed in notches K,formed. in the forward sides .of the centers of the bars D E, so thatthe stem of the tree will be in the vertical planes of the bars'A B 0.

Upon the springs H I is placed a ring, L,

which is slipped up to allow the lower ends of 6 5 the springs H I to beseparated to receive the stem of a tree, and pushed down to cause thesaid ends to grasp and hold the tree; or the said springs can beprovided with other suitable fastenings.

To the upper ends of the bars A B O is attached'a triangular plate ortable, M, in such a position that its angles will be in the verticalplanes of the said bars A B C, and which is V firmly secured in place bystuds N, attached to it near its angles, and attached at their lowerends to the said bars A B G. The table M is exactly horizontal, and toit are attached four sights, 0, two in the plane of the bars A B and twoin the plane of the bar 0.

In using the planter theland is marked crosswise by some suitableimplement, the said marks being, at a distance apart equal to therequired distance apart of the trees. The holes to receive the trees aredug at the points where the marks cross each other. The planter is thenplaced over the hole, with the lower ends of the bars A B upon the sameline and the lower end of the bar 0 upon the crossline, which will bringthe notches K directly over the pointwhere the marks crossed each other.The stem of the tree. is then placedbetween the endsof the springs H Iin such a position that the roots of the said tree will be at the properdistance below the surface of the ground, and is secured in place bypushing the link L downward, so that the tree will be suspended inproper position, and the soil can be packed around its roots with outjamming or cramping the small roots. With this construction, by

using the sights O, the trees can be planted accurately,without markingthe land, by means of stakes set along the sides of the field.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A tree-planter constructed substantially as hereinshown and described, and consisting of three inclined bars placed intriangular positions, secured to each other at their upper ends, andconneotedby parallel and brace bars,

and the springs H I, having their lower ends bent forward and providedwith claws, as set forth.

2. In a tree-planter, the combination, with the three inclined bars AB Cand the parallel bars D E, having central notches, of the springs beadjusted from stakes at the sides of the field, as set forth.

LOUIS GAIRAUD.

Witnesses WV. HLWooms, H. D. MARGOT.

